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Photograph

Cranberry Marsh

Date: 1938
Description: Dusting a cranberry marsh to combat blunt-nosed leaf-hoppers, Cranberry Lake Development Co.
Photograph

Wil-Kil Pest Control

Date: 1955
Description: Exterior view of the Wil-Kil Pest Control building at 705 Williamson Street. The sign above the entrance features a rat and a cockroach depicted in neon.
Historical Object

Ban DDT

Date: 
Description: Bumper sticker featuring a skull and crossbones supporting a ban on DDT.
Historical Object

DDT, Compound of Extinction

Date: 
Description: Bumper sticker promoting the banning of DDT.
Photograph

Young Children Bugging and Hoeing Potatoes

Date: 1917
Description: Two young children working barefoot in a field. J.C. Allen.
Photograph

Aerial Control of Mosquitoes

Date: 
Description: View of a crop duster spraying a pesticide to control Malaria mosquitoes over a pond. The caption under the image reads: "Aerial 'Gas' Attack Annihilates a...
Photograph

Fuel Oil for Mosquito Control

Date: 
Description: View from front of a man on a motorcycle squirting fuel oil into a sewer opening at a curb to control mosquitoes. The motorcycle has an oil tank attached l...
Drawing

"Garden Pest"

Date: 
Description: Flies and mosquitoes, and fruits and vegetables with faces drawn on them, are looking with alarm at a man pushing what appears to be a grocery basket with ...
Manuscript

DDT in Fish Warning

Date: 1970
Description: Informational sheet warning of the dangers of consuming fish contaminated with DDT.
Photograph

Spraying in Maple Bluff for Dutch Elm Disease

Date: 11 01 1958
Description: All elm trees in Maple Bluff are sprayed for Dutch elm disease in accordance with the village's compulsory spraying ordinance. Charles Webster, 2740 Milwau...
Photograph

International Harvester Truck in Brazil

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Description: Truck parked among buildings, with people standing nearby. Caption reads: "Malaria eradication personnel talking to farmer in the coastal regions north of ...

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